personality inventory

noun Psychology.

a questionnaire designed to measure personality types or characteristics.

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full seriousness, as of intention or purpose.
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urgent character; imperativeness; insistence; importunateness.
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Origin of personality inventory

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby personality inventory

personalism, personality, personality cult, personality disorder, personality formation, personality inventory, personality profile, personality test, personality type, personalize, personalized medicine
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British Dictionary definitions for personality inventory

personality inventory

noun

psychol a form of personality test in which the subject answers questions about himself. The results are used to determine dimensions of personality, such as extroversion
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Medical definitions for personality inventory

personality inventory

n.

A questionnaire that is scored to yield a profile of the particular traits or characteristics that make up the respondent's personality.
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